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I love browsing through Interior Design sites

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As you might already know from reading this blog and some of my other sites I’m very interested in renovation, DIY projects and Interior Design. In order to get ideas for my own projects I watch some of the TLC shows about renovation and design, and I often find myself browsing through Interior Design websites.

One of the sites that I’ve just been visiting is called Long Beach CA Interior Design. Obviously they specialize in work in California. That’s pretty far away from me so all I can do is browse.

I really like the kitchen and bathroom designs that I found in the sites Interior Design past projects section. They did this kitchen and bathroom in a Spanish Hacienda style home. The exterior has a real Spanish feel to it, but the inside is very modern and definitely influenced by North American trends.

Are you like me? Do you enjoy looking at the way interior designers design the look of a room or home? If you do, do you get ideas from the designs that you see that you can use in your own home?






Gypsy Queen Hyacinth

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Coral Hyacinth

Coral Hyacinth

I think I’m in love with my hyacinths this year. They are all so very lovely and the scent that they’ve produced has just been wafting into my home on nice days when we have windows and screen doors open. One of the joys of spring and growing scented flowers I suppose.

I took this photo last Sunday. I believe that the name of this hyacinth is “Gypsy” or something like that. It’s just gorgeous. I must buy more of them as I’ve only got a few in that color.

You know, every time I look at one of my photos of a hyacinth I can smell them. Isn’t it funny how the mind works? Do photos of scented flowers or pictures of foods you love do that to you?

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A group of Tulips

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This weeks Theme is Five

I’ve been very focused on my garden this week.

Watching how much it’s grown each day, how much the plants grew after a recent storm … checking on what’s bloom and taking literally hundreds of photos to record the gardens progress.

This weeks Photo hunter them asked us to show a photo that represents Five in some way. I’m sure there’s some great entries this week and I hope to get around to see everyone’s shots soon! My choice for this weeks theme is this lovely group of five red tulips. They are in full bloom and since they have so many petals they almost look like roses don’t they?

Red Tulip

Such deep orangish reds are a challenge for most camera’s aren’t they?

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